English Tense-Aspect-Mood19 September 2011 |
Useful examples of the different tense/aspect/moods that are used in English.
potential I can eat hypothetical I could eat conditional I would eat deliberative I should eat optative I might eat obligatory I must eat obligatory I have to eat obligatory I had better eat dubitive I will probably eat future simple I will eat future simple I am going to eat predictive I bet I eat future prog I will be eating, then future perf I will have eaten fut perf prog I will have been eating promissive I promise I will eat not yey I have not yet eaten indicitave I eat past habitual I used to eat presumptive Even if I eat, I will still be hungry comparitive I eat more than you comparitive I eat faster than you permissive May I eat? jussive Please, may I eat? hortative Let's eat imperitive Eat! progressive I am eating prog cont I am still eating prohibitive Don't eat! recent past I just ate past prog I was eating past simpl I ate pres perf I have eaten pres perf cont I have been eating speculative I could have eaten past perf I had eaten past perf cont I had been eating deductive I must have eaten to much
| Back to English | Common English Words List >> |